How to Make an American Quilt
There's beauty in the patterns of life.
6.4(200) 1995-10-06 116 minDramaRomance
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
ScreenplayJane Anderson
Original Music ComposerThomas Newman
ProducerSarah Pillsbury
DirectorJocelyn Moorhouse
ProducerMidge Sanford
Cast & characters
Winona Ryder
as Finn Dodd
Anne Bancroft
as Glady Joe Cleary
Ellen Burstyn
as Hy Dodd
Kate Nelligan
as Constance Saunders
Jean Simmons
as Em
Maya Angelou
as Anna
Alfre Woodard
as Marianna
Dermot Mulroney
as Sam
Lois Smith
as Sophia
Kate Capshaw
as Sally
Rip Torn
as Arthur
Johnathon Schaech
as Leon
Samantha Mathis
as Young Sophia
Joanna Going
as Young Em
Esther Rolle
as Aunt Pauline
Jared Leto
as Beck
Claire Danes
as Young Glady Joe
Alicia Goranson
as Young Hy
Holland Taylor
as Mrs. Rubens
Tim Guinee
as Young Dean
Derrick O'Connor
as Dean
Loren Dean
as Preston
Melinda Dillon
as Mrs. Darling
Richard Jenkins
as Howell
